A bill to amend the Intervention on the High Seas Act to implement the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973.

passedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

4 January 1977

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Status

Measure laid on table in House, S. 2380 passed in lieu.

Summary

Amends the Intervention on the High Seas Act to redefine terms and establish procedures in a manner consistent with the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973. Places the burden of proof on the United States to establish that the substance reasonably could have posed a grave and imminent danger at the time of the intervention in actions brought against the United States for use of excessive measures during the course of an intervention.

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2 official files

Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 1 June 1978
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 4 January 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/188
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hr/188